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Jiang Can / Silkworm, infected w/ Beauveria-Bassiana
Jiang Can
Taste: Acrid, Salty • Temperature: Neutral • Category: Extinguish Wind • Sub Category:

Dosage

3-9g, or 0.9-1.5g as pill or powder

Actions

1. Extinguishes wind & stops spasms & convulsions: for childhood convulsions or facial paralysis. Also used for seizures from either internal movement of Liver wind or wind-phlegm-heat.

2. Expels wind & stops pain: for headache, red eyes, & sore, swollen throat from either externally contracted or Liver wind. Also used for loss of voice.

3. Transforms phlegm & dissipates nodules: for phlegm-heat scrofula & other phlegm nodules.

4. Expels wind & stops itching: for itching skin lesions such as wind rash.

Meridians

Liver, Lung

Cautions

According to some traditional sources, this substance antagonizes jie geng, fu ling, bei xie, & sang piao xiao.